Car-seal.



EH11 BROOKS.

GA-R SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 26, 1910.

982 121 Patented Jan. 17,1911.

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CAR-SEAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 17, 1911.

Application filed October 26, 1910. Serial No. 589,221.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. Bnooxs, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of East Orange, in the State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Seals, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In a previous specification forming part of United States Letters PatentNo. 961,931, dated June 21, 1910, I have set forth an improvement incording seals characterized by a seal part made of nearly rigid sheetmetal and constructed with substantially parallel lips arranged atopposite sides of an open front, and a second pair of lips substantiallyat right angles to those first-named and constructed with inclined edgesadapted to interact with inturned extremities on the opposing lips intemporarily attaching the seal part; the lips first-named being adaptedto be coiled around the respective ends of the cord by the action of asuitable seal press.

The present invention relates to seal-press fastened or press-fastenablecar seals; and its leading object is to adapt such seals to beconstructed on the same principle as the cording seals set forth in saidprevious speci fication.

Other objects will be set forth in the general description whichfollows.

The present invention consists in a seal part for car seals embodyingcertain novel features of construction hereinafter particularlydescribed and claimed, or either of such features of construction; andin the combination of such seal part with a metallic shackle adapted tointeract therewith as hereinafter more particularly indicated.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figures 1 and 2 are respectively an end view and a face view of animproved seal part as it appears before bending, Figs. 3 and 1 are likeviews of the bent seal part as it leaves the factory; Figs. 5 and 6represent magnified sectional views of the press-fastened seal, Fig. 5being a cross section and Fig. 6 a section on the line 0000, Fig. 5;Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the press-fastened seal; Figs. 8 and 9are representations of diflerent makes of indented wire suitable for usein the improved seal; and Figs. 10 and 11 are respectively side and faceviews of another seal part unbent, illustrating a modification of thesame invention.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in all the figures.

The improved car seal'in any of its forms is composed of a seal part, aor c of suitable stamped and shaped sheet metal, and a metallic shackle,b or Z9 or 6 which is flexible but of the consistency of lead or hardermetal as compared with soft cord. The seal part a or a is oblong inshape, with parallel longitudinal edges or side lips, 1 and 2, adaptedto contact with the wire at substantially all points throughout theirlength, and isthus readily made as long as may be required toaccommodate on a substantially rectangular flat back, 3, the commonlyprescribed serial number or station number, represented in Fig. 7 by thenumber 7769, and the initials or name of the railway or stationrepresented in Fig. 7 by X B R R, either or both, in large characters,so as to be easily read by inspectors; such characters beingconveniently embossed in the back of the open front seal part instamping the same, as represented in Figs. 1 and To adapt thelongitudinal side lips 1 and 2 more effectively to interact with themetallic wire, they are provided with internally exposed rougheningmeans, or t, conveniently produced at the stamping operation. To adaptsaid longitudinal side lips I and 2 to temporarily hold the wire inplace preliminary to the press fastening operation without bending themby the tingers, they are preferably provided with inturned extremities,as in'Fig. 4L and in full lines in Fig. 3, by a bending operation,before the seal part leaves the factory; the seal part being constructedwith end lips 5 and 6 having inclined edges to interactwith saidinturned extremities as heretofore, except that said end lips arepreferably and conveniently made relatively short and withoutpreliminary bends as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive and in Fig. 10, andmay obviously be short enough in narrow seal parts to escape bending atthe press fastening operation.

To preliminarily attach the seal part to one shackle end, as is nowcustomary in handling car seals, one of the side lips, 1 or 2, may bepressed inward, as in dotted lines at 1 in Fig. 3, so as to temporarilyclamp the shackle end, Z), against the opposing edges of the end lips 5and 6 and against the abutment edges 7 and 8 over which the shackle endextends; so short a portion of any metallic shackle being sufficientlyrigid or resistant of rebending to thus prevent the accidentalseparation of the parts in handling the seals. l Vith or without sopreliminary uniting the seal part a or a and the shackle b or b or Z2the latter is threaded through a pair of car door staples, 0 and (Z,Fig. 7, or their equivalent, and the free end or free ends of theshackle are pressed beneath the .inturned extremities of the side lips land 2 by hand. A suitable seal press is then applied, and said side lipsare curled inward around the respective shackle ends as represented inFig. 7, causing each shackle end to interlock with said roughening means4 or 4-, as well as with said abutment edges 7 and 8 of the seal part,and thus to inseparably unite the parts and complete the seal as inFigs. 5, 6 and 7.

In the species represented by Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive, the rougheningmeans 4; of the seal part a consists of outwardly extending indentationsin the longitudinal side lips 1 and 2 forming internal edges and narrowinterspaces located in the plane of the shackle ends; beyond whichindentations the lips extend to the required extent; and at the pressfastening operation protuberances, b

30 of the metal of asolid-wire shackle, made of copper, Swedish ironwire, or lead wire, are caused to interlock with said interspaces asrepresented in Figs. 5 and 6; and the shackle ends are thus securelylocked against stripping. Said seal part a, having said 'rougheningmeans a, is adapted to interlock in substantially like manner with ashackle b or b of indented hard iron wire, either round or flat,represented re 40 spectively by Figs. 8 and 9; the protuberances of suchindented wire being adapted to interlock with said interspaces of saidroughening means 4.

The roughening means t of the modified seal part (6 consists of sharpcorrugations extending to the free edges of the longitudinal side lips 1and 2, which may thus be stiffened as compared with those of the firstspecies so as to adapt a given seal part to be made of lighter sheetmetal. The modified seal part a may obviously be combined either withsoft metal shackles Z) or with indented wire shackles Z) or L aspreferred; and other like modifications will suggest themselves to thoseskilled in the art.

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention anddesire to patent under this specification l. A press-fastenable car sealhaving, in combination, an open-front seal part of nearly rigidsheet-metal constructed with side lips provided with internally exposedroughening means and adapted to be curled inward by a seal. press, andabutment edges opposed to said lips, and a flexible shackle adapted tointeract with said lips, roughening means and abutment edges to fastenthe seal.

2. A press-fastenable car seal having, in combination, an oblongopen-front seal part of nearly rigid sheet-metal constructed with amark-exposing fiat back as long as may be required, longitudinal sidelips provided with internal roughening means and adapted to be curledinward by a seal press, and a flexible metallic shackle of suitable wireadapted to interact with said ro-ughening means in the fastened seal byprotuberances on the shackle.

3. A press-fastenable car seal having, in combination, an oblongopen-front seal part of nearly rigid sheet metal constructed with v i amark-exposing flat back as long as may be required, longitudinal sidelips provided with internal roughening means in the form of outwardlyextending indentations forming internal edges and narrow interspaceslocated in the plane of the shackle ends, and adapted tobe curled inwardby a seal press, and a flexible shackle adapted to interact with saidedges and interspaces in the fastened seal by protuberances on theshackle.

4. A press-fastenable car seal having, in combination, an oblongopen-front seal partof nearly rigid sheet metal constructed with amark-exposing flat back as long as may be required, longitudinal sidelips provided with internal roughening means in the form of outwardlyextending indentations form ing internal edges and narrow interspaceslocated in the plane of the shackle ends, and adapted to be curledinward by a seal press, and a flexible shackle of sufliciently soft wireto beprovided with protuberances within said indentations at thepress-fastening operation;

5. An oblong open-front seal part for press-fastenable car seals made ofnearly rigid. sheet metal, and constructed with a mark exposing flatback as long as may be required, longitudinal side lips provided withinternal roughening means consisting of outwardly extending indentationsforming edges and narrow interspaces, said lips extending beyond saidindentations, and being provided with inturned extremities and adaptedto be curled inward by a seal press, 1

end lips having inclines opposed to said side lips, and abutment edgesalso opposed to said side lips, substantially as herembefore specified.

EDWARD J. Bnooxs.

Witnesses GEO. O. TOTTEN, FLORENCE E. MATTI-IE-WS.

